Cleanser-saving holding device



Aug. 19, 1952 F. BISIGNANOV CLEANSER-SAVING HOLDING DEVICE Filed April '7, 1949 INVENTOR. FLORENCE BISIBNAND AYTJE VE'Y Patented Aug. 19, 1 952 c 2,601,156 r 'CLEANSERJ- SAVING HOIZDINGt DEVICE-1 FlorencexBisignano, ElmhurstQN-DYI I I Application'Api-ilfl;1949, SerialNo; 86,059" I 1 This: invention relates to new and useful 3.1mprovemcnts in a device of the holdersclass-for' use in connection with the storage: and/or ham-- dling of cleansers and detergents, and, more particularly, the aim is-to provide a-novel and valuablesuch holder for advantageous employment forconveniently supporting acleansing: or detergent agent or the like, as between uses thereof and/or atintervals during-a period while said agent is manually inuse as by a housewife; the

new device being: of special utility-when said agent a is a- Brillo -type. or steel-wool-mass-im detergent which discharge into :thelower cup-likereceptacle.

By the present invention, the combination is provided of an upper cup-like receptacle havingwater-drainopenings-at its bottom, this for holding--said agent, a lowerlcup-like -receptacle, this foraccumulating the water drippings discharged through said openings-and means including a post-like permanently incorporated connector for said cups and pivotally carrying the upper, cup and" shaped and arranged in such manner that (a) the upper cup may be so positioned, when it is to store or temporarily hold the said agent, that any and all of said drippings must fall into the lower cup, (b) said upper cup is then so placed that instantaneously and easily said agent may not only be deposited therein but removed therefrom, due to the general construction, such pivotal means is so present as to allow the upper cup, as at the end of a use of said agent, to be swung about a horizontal axis through substantially 180 or less, thereby sufiicicntly to move said cup toward inverted position that said agent may drop by its own weight from said cup and beyond the top open mouth of the lower cup, and (d) the parts are all so correlated that with the upper cup in either of its extreme positions of swing, the device as a whole will be in stable equilibrium for resting by its own weight and on its bottom on a table top, shelf or other suitable support.

For further comprehension of the invention,

aridiof the objects andadvantages-thereof; reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the ap pended claim irrw-hich thevarious novel features of *the invention are more particularly set forth:

In the accompanying drawings forming amaterial part of this disclosure:

Fig: 1- is a view in side elevation, partially' broken-away and partially in section, illustrating anow favored embodiment ofthe-invention; with the upper-cupsh-own in full linesas in normal operative'relationto'the lower cup, and" with said upper cup-shown inbrokenlinesas inverted because of swing-through ;about-- Fig: 2-is a view similar to --Fig; 1', but:-illustrat ing a-nothernow favored-embodiment;

Figa ti is-a top plan-view'of the device 'of F ig; 2". I

Fig: 4 is-a'perspective view for-showing more clearly-the post-like ,connectorof Figs; 2 and 3';

Referring to thedrawings now in detail,- and first to Fig; 1', the two cupsare'desirabl-y'as indicatedoylindrical open-topxreceptacles; The upperi-cup i5 has a perforated bottom; wall it; which perforations, provide the, drip" openings already mentioned: As here shown, theiwalltfi' is-surrounded by a depending" skirt. portionjfor facilitating-permanent fixation; of ..said1wall near:

the'bottom' offthe -cylindrically tubular member oristructure providing the side wall of the .cup, .I 5.

Said b'ottom'wall lfigmay be aplane disc, reti'clb' lated 'or' made foraminous in any;way,1,or. alwire, mesh or a, grid of any kind; attached innanyj uite able way, as by soldering, inv and to the, upper? cup 15'.

The already mentioned lower cup l1, having all its walls water-tight, is desirably provided with an outwardly flared ring portion l8. Said lower cup may well be spun from one piece of sheet material, if made of metal; while it may readily be molded, if made of plastic.

The already mentioned permanent connecting means [9 for the cups I5 and l'l may be in the form simply of (a) a post-like member 20, which may comprise merely a cut-off length of strip metal or plastic stock, of standard Width and thickness. but given a bend as indicated at 2|, and (b) a hinge 22, this consisting as here shown of a pair of hinge plates and a coupling pintle, with one of said plates suitably secured at its leaf portion to the upper exterior of the cup I5, and the other of said plates suitably secured at its leaf portion to the upper end of the member 20 at the side thereof remote from the cup [5.

It is to be noted that when the parts are disposed as shown in full lines, that is, with the aforesaid agent and any water content thereof in addition to its soap content, placed in the cup I5, said agent is adequately retained and yet water drippings may pass through the perforations in the bottom wall [6, all for certain accumulation in the cup l1. When such dripping has ceased, and the said agent is suficiently dried, the cup l5 may be swung to or toward the inverted position indicated at A, for drop therefrom, as onto a'suitable auxiliary receptacle, of the said agent. Further, with the cup 1'5 as last described, the soapy residue settling in the bottom of said cup may be readily reused.

Referring to the modification shown in Figs. 2-4, the parts to which are applied reference characters with primes added correspond, respectively, to the parts to which have been applied the same reference numerals but without primes. Here the upper cup IS in its full-line position has its bottom wall I6 inclined to the horizontal, and it has its top mouth generally in a plane which converges, in a direction away from the hinge 22' toward the plane containing said wall 16'. According to this arrangement, while a safe retainer for the said agent is presented, manual withdrawal of said agent from the cup [5' is much facilitated, it being noted that said rim, at a point opposite the hinge 22, has a forefinger-admitting depression. Also, in the form of the invention now being described, the post-like member has its bend 2 l a single bend, and not a double, reverse bend as in the case of the bend 2 1, At said bend 2i the member 20' is laterally shaped to-provide a furrow 23 to act as a drip channel relative to anywater dropping down from the cup l5 onto said member 20; whereby all water drippings originating at the perforations in the wall It must fall into the cup [1. Further, in the form of the invention now being described, the hinge 22 is partially comprised of a pair of curls 24 on the top of the'member 20 and a curl 25 integrally carried by the cup 15', together with a pivot pin 26 similar to that used in connection with the structure .of, and shown in, Fig. 1.

With the parts arranged as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, said agent may be safely received in the cup l5, and when it is desired to remove said agent, its removal is facilitated without having to dip the hand of the housewife deep into said cup-and, indeed, said agent may be removed following merely the insertion of one of her fingers through the depression already mentioned, this designated 21. The device of Figs. 2-4, as will 4 be noted, has all the other utilities described in connection with the device of Fig. 1.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

Means supporting an upper cup having a cylindrical side wall and a perforated bottom wall in a position suspended over a bottom cup having a cylindrical side wall, comprising a vertically extended elongated member having its bottom end portion secured in position along the inner face of the side wall of the bottom cup, said member having its top end portion extended along, the outer face of the side wall of the upper cup, means attaching the upper cup to the top end portion of said member, said memher having a bend intermediate of its ends and between said cups so that the top end portion of said member is inclined upward and away from the bottom cup to support the top cup with its perforated bottom inclined downward and toward said member to drain water in the upper cup to the low side of the perforated bottom wall where it will drop onto said elongated member below the upper cup, and a vertically extended reinforcing furrow formed in said memher at said bend and directed away from said cups forming a vertically extended channel beneath the low side of the perforated bottom wall to-catch water as it drops from the upper cup onto the elongated member and direct that water into the lower cup.

FLORENCE BISIGNANO.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent: c

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number I Name Date 676,625 Hayden June 18, 1901 1,211,353 Rautzenburg Jan. 2, 1917 1,863,471 Colaizzi June 14, 1932 FOREIGN PATENTS N umber Country Date 548,010 Germany Apr. 14, 1932 

